Cucumber Reports (no 3) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_15268-explain-admin-password	3	17 Jul 2025, 15:42

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:38.841	Passed

40.051

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.618

When the network is plugged 10.793

And I successfully configure Tor 19.579

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.405

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.619

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.861

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.480

When the network is plugged 0.208

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.044

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 13.984

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.068

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.328

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.032

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.049

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.643

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.435

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.113

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 5.466

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.206

And I wait until Tor is ready 5.261

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.853

Output 1

Warning: these queries were allowed but not needed: ["fedoraproject.org."]

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.325

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.030

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:30.028

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.662

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.429

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:19.558

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.364

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.123

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.695

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:31.078

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.234

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.858

And I warm reboot the computer 0.052

And the computer reboots Tails 1:19.736

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.196

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.041

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:7.867

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.025

Steps

Given a computer 0.208

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.032

And I start the computer 1.083

And the computer boots Tails 1:6.350

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.191

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.115

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.829

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.097

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.432

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.173

When the network is plugged 0.088

And I successfully configure Tor 21.314

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.088

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.326

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.759

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:36.256

Scenario I can manually recover from time sync failure when connecting automatically to obfs4 bridges with a clock East of UTC

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.897

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.655

And all notifications have disappeared 5.176

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.163

And the network is plugged 0.102

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.413

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.855

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.169

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.977

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.091

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.244

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.179

Then I wait until Tor is ready 36.240

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 1.005

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.475

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.011

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.824

Scenario I can connect to obfs4 bridges having a clock East of UTC while hiding that I am using Tor

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.113

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.222

And all notifications have disappeared 5.884

And I capture all network traffic 0.026

And the network is plugged 0.270

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.175

# Anti-test: Users east of UTC can't connect to obfs4 bridges

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode without connecting 4.792

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.161

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.109

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.272

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.776

# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.602

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.193

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.177

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.474

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.103

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.468

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.296

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.682

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.726

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 12.960

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.182

And the network is plugged 0.074

And Tor is ready 15.777

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.725

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.006

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.439

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.999

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:38.841	Passed

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